transitivity

1. 1.

   (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third

   Broaderlogical relationmathematical relation

   logic · mathematics

2. 2.

   the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

   Synonymstransitiveness

   Antonymsintransitivity

   Broadergrammatical relation

Other forms of transitivity

plural

transitivities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transitivity

What does transitivity mean?

transitivity means "(logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transitivity?

transitivity has 5 syllables: tran-si-ti-vi-ty. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for transitivity?

Close synonyms include transitiveness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of transitivity?

The recorded antonyms are intransitivity.

Is transitivity a common word?

transitivity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.